NONHEME IRON HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE NORMAL AND ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE HIPPOCAMPUS

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MORRIS, CM
KERWIN, JM
EDWARDSON, JA
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NEURODEGENERATION | 1994年 / 3卷 / 04期
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HIPPOCAMPUS; ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; NONHEME IRON; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SENILE PLAQUES; GLIA;
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Increased free radical production may occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In view of the central role of iron in free radical reactions we have investigated the distribution of non-haem iron in the hippocampal formation in normal control individuals and in patients with AD. In controls, non-haem iron was principally associated with glial elements and the neuropil, with highest levels in the stratum radiatum/lacunosum, fimbria, alveus and oriens layers. Except for the subiculum, the pyramidal cell layers and the granule cell layer showed little or no non-haem iron staining. Intensity of staining was in the order of subiculum much greater than CA2 and adjacent regions of CA3 > CA4 > the remainder of CA3 > CA1. In the hippocampus in AD, iron was associated with cells containing neurofibrillary tangles (NET) and was present in glial cells and neurites of senile plaques (SP). These findings were most pronounced in CA1 pyramidal cell layer and subicular complex although not all NET or SP were stained. Since the NFT and SP staining for non-haem iron appears to be associated with glial cells, the association of non-haem iron with the pathological stigmata of AD may be a secondary response of glial cells, in particular microglia, to neuronal damage.
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